Valve-support for outdoor water-closets.



N0. 856.579. PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907.

W. U. GRIFFITHS. VALVE SUPPORT FOR OUTDOOR WAIBR GLOSBTS.

APPLICATION FILED D110. 21, 1905.

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WILLIAM U. GRIFFITHS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

VALVE-SUPPORT FOR OUTDOOR WATER-CLOSETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed December 21,1905. Serial No. 292,766

To (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM U. GRIF- rrrns, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Valve-Qupports for Outdoor I Vater-Closets, of which the iollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in valve supports for out-door water closets, and it has for its object to provide a construction in which the valve is supported from the water closet hopper or from some other station ary member of the water closet apparatus.

Heretofore, so far as I am aware, it has been customary to place the valve for controlling the supply of water to the flush tank of an out-door water closet apparatus at a sufficient depth underneath the top of the ground to prevent its Freezing, the said valve being supported upon a block of any suitable substance resting upon the ground. In some cases, the valve is supported upon a bracket clamped to the soil pipe leading from the water closet hopper. Both of these means or ways of supporting the valve are objectionable for the reason that it has been found impossible to prevent movement or displacement of the valve and its mechanism after the apparatus has been long in use.

My present invention is designed to overcome these defects and dilliculties.

In order that my invention may be more clearly understood, reference is to be had'to the accompanying drawing, in which,

1 designates a water closet hopper; 2 designates the soil pipe leading therefrom; and 3 the closet seat.

5 designates a lug connected integrally or in any other suitable manner to the closet hopper 1. The lug is provided with a screwthreaded opening 6. i

7 designates a tube, the upper end of which has screw-threaded connection with the lug or bracket 5.

8 designates a hollow chamber which is connected to the lower end of the tube 7 and is supported entirely by the said tube.

9 designates the valve mechanism which is located within the receptacle 8 and rests and is supported upon the bottom thereof.

11 is closed by means of a valve 12 connected; o

to the lower end of a rod 13 which is located within the tube 7 and the upper end of which is located underneath the closet seat 3. Normally, the said rod 13 is held in its uppermost position to close the valve 12 by means of a coiled wire spring 14. It will also be noted that the upper end of the rod extends a short distance above the upper edge of the water closet hopper 1 and that it is adapted to be engaged by the water closet seat when it is moved down against the upper edge of the water closet hopper. The depression of the said rod by means of the seat 3 opens the valve 1.2 and permits Water to flow through the pipes 10 and 11 into the flush tank (not shown) of the apparatus. It will be noted also that the tube 7 serves not only as a support for the chamber 8 but it also serves as a support and guide for the rod 13 permitting the said rod to slide up and down therein.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In combination, a water closet hopper having a lug or projection thereon, a tube having screw-threaded connection at its upper end to the said lug or projection, and the said tube having a support for the valve mechanism at its lower end, valve mechanism supported upon the said support, the said valve mechanism including a valve for permitting or preventing the How of water to the flush tank of the water closet apparatus, and a rod connected to the said valve and being movably located within the said tube.

2. In combination, a water closet hopper having a lug or projection thereon, a tube the said valve mechanism including a valve In testimony that I claim the foregoing as for permitting or preventing the low of my invention, I have hereunto signed my Water to the flush tank of the Water closet name this 27th day of Nov. A. D. 1905. apparatus, a rod connected to the said valve WILLIAM U. GRIFFITHS. and being movably located Within the said In the presence of tube, and a spring for normally holding the S. SALOME BROOKE,

said rod in its uppermost position. LAURA KLEINFELDER. 

